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GRAIN SEPARATING MACHINE. No. 552674 Paten Jan .7, 1896.

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GRAIN SEPARATING MACHINE.

No. 552,674. Patented Jn. 7, 1896.

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LE ROY \V. STEVENS, OF AUBURN, NIHV YORK.

GRAiN-SEPARATING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,674, dated January*7, 1896.

Application filed March 9, 1895. $erial No. 541,093. (No model.)

To a whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, LE ROY IV. STEVENS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Auburn, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain SeparatingMachines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention consists in the novel features of construction andcombination of parts hereinafter fully described, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which illus trate one form in which I havecontemplated embodying my invention, and said invention is fullydisclosed in the following description and claims.

Referring to the said drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective viewof a corn-husking machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents aside view of the same. Fig. represents an end elevation, partly insection.

The object of my invention is to provide a corn husking or thrashingmachine with means whereby an operator or feeder may stand at the sideof the feeding-table of the machine to feed the material to the machineand the material may be fed to the table preferably from the side anddeposited in front of the operators. To this end I provide the mainframe A of the machine with a platform B on the side of the sameadjacent to the feeding-table O of the machine, upon which the corn orgrain is to be deposited by a con veyer.

The platform B may be supported in any desired manner. As shown in thedrawings, it is secured to a portion of the frame A A by hingeconnections at Z) Z), so that it may be folded up against the side ofthe machine when not in use, and is further supported by links I) bwhich are pivotally or movablyconneeted at one end to the platform andhave their other ends provided with hooks b Z) to engage suitable eyeson the upper part of the main frame, as shown, or they may be connectedwith the frame and engage eyes in the platform if preferred.

The platform may be supported in other ways if desired, and it may beremovable instead of folding. In some instances I may also desire toemploy another platform B constructed and supported in all respects likethe platform B. In this case the operator may stand at either side ofthe platform or an operator may stand upon each platform, thus makingthe feedin gtable accessible fro in both sides.

D represents a conveyer of ordinary construction carried by a suitableframe D, which is supported at one end by standards d d removablysecured to the machine-frame by means of straps d d forming sockets inwhich the said standards are inserted; but they may be supported in anyother desired manner. The other end of the conveyer-frame is sup portedin this instance by a pair of standards (Z (1 having notched portionsfor engaging suitable pins or projections 011 the conveyerframe.

d (1 represent the conveyer-shafts, the upper shaft being driven bymeans of a beltpulley and belt from a countershaft A and pulley a 011the machine.- (See Fig. 3.)

Just below the upper end of the conveyer is a chute or inclineddeflector supported by the standards (Z d or the conveyer-frame, whichserves to deflect the material into the center of the feed-table C.

It will be noticed that the conveyer D is supported directly over one ofthe platforms B B where two platforms are employed, and the operatorstanding upon that platform will be directly beneath the conveyer, asshown in Figs. 1 and 3, so that the material will be deposited upon thetable 0 without in any way interfering with the operator beneath theconveyer.

I prefer to provide straps or sockets d d on both sides of the machineto receive the standards (Z (Z, as shown, and means may be provided foroperating it from either side, so that the conveyer may be set up oneither side of the machine, as found most convenient.

I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction shownand described, as variations may be made in the same without departingfrom the spirit of my invention.

While I have shown my invention as applied to a corn-husking device, itis obvious that it may be applied to a thrashing-machine for thrashingvarious kinds of grain without departing from my invention.

hat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a corn huski n g machine, of a feeding table infront of the husking mechanism, a conveyer extending to one side of themachine and having its delivery end above the said table, a platform onthe side of the machine opposite the conveyer for supporting anoperator, the said table being accessible to the operator from the sideof the machine provided with said platform substantially as described.

2. I11 a corn husking machine the combination with the feeding table, ofa conveyer extending to one side of the machine and having its deliveryend above the table for delivering corn centrally to the table, saidtable being accessible to an operator at each side of the machine,substantially as described.

3. The combination with a corn huslcing machine of a feeding table infront of the hushing mechanism, a conveyer extending to one side of saidtable having its delivery end a suflicient distance above the table toadmit of an operator having access to the table beneath the conveyer,said table being accessible to an operator adjacent to the corn huskingmechanism at the side of the machine opposite the said conveyer,substantially as described.

4. The combination with a corn bushing machine having a feed table infront of the same, of a conveyer extending to one side of the said tableand having its delivery end above the same, said table being accessibleto an operator below the conveyer and also accessible to an operator onthe side opposite the same, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a grain separating machine having a feedingtable, of a conveyer extending to one side of the machine having itsdelivery end above said table to deliver material thereon, the saidmachine conveyer and connecting devices providing an opening at the sideof the machine (below the conveyer) giving the operator access to thetable, substantially as described.

6. A grain separating machine having a feeding table accessible to anoperator on the side of the machine, means at one side of the machineadjacent to the table for attaching a platform for the support of theoperator and a eonveyer having its discharge end above the table and itsother end extending to one side of the machine above the said platformattaching means, the said construction giving the operator access to thetable between said elevator and said attaching means, substantially asdescribed.

7. A grain separating machine having a feeding table accessible to anoperator at each side of the machine, means for the attachment of anoperator supporting platform at each side of the machine, a conveyerhaving its delivery end above the table located to deliver material tobe fed centrally of the table, said conveyer ext-ending to one sideabove one of said operator supporting platforms, said constructiongiving the operator on the same side as the conveyer access to the tablebeneath said conveyer, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LE ROY W. S'IEVEXS. \Vitnesses CHARLES E. QUICK, WALTER L. FAY.

